Environmental statistics 10% open

How open is the data?

•  It's not available free of charge
•  It's not downloadable
•  It's not publicly available
•  It's not openly licenced
•  It's not up-to-date
•  It's in an open and machine-readable format
•  It's not digital data
•  It's not print data

All answers

Question	Answer	Comment
Available free of charge	No	I cannot ascertain if data from the DWS's water information system is given freely after access to the locations is granted. Data from the other two departments is available freely.
Publicly available	No	The DWS only gives access to the water data on their water information system on specific locations. The DEA and the DAFF provide access to reports of their data online on their websites.
Openly licenced	No	There is no explicit open licence and appropriate legal framework governing the use of the data.
Up-to-date	No	The air pollution data on the South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS) seems to be updated daily and on a platform supported by Google Earth Technology. However, the DAFF's published reports on afforestation and other forestry information seem to have last been provided for 2013. I cannot ascertain if the data on the DWS's water information system is up to date.
In an open and machine-readable format	Other	pdf
Digital data	No	I cannot ascertain this for the DWS because I could not get access to their water information system due to time constraints of this project.
Print data	No	I can ascertain this either for the DWS.
Collected by government	Yes	Three government departments collect data on various dimensions of the environmental statistics specified for this survey.
findable_steps	I searched for the relevant dimensions of environmental statistics specified for this survey. I selected the relevant hits for the specific data required, which was the websites for the three government departments.
characteristics	Air pollution levels, Water quality	I could only find data on afforestation from the DAFF and not specifically deforestation.
Controlled access	No	Data from the DWS's water information system is only accessible when one applies for access to specific locations where the information system can be accessed.
Collector name	The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) collects data on water quality. The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) collects data on air quality. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (DAFF) collects data on afforestation.